New York, December 23, 2005 - MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire the Deluxe film processing and creative services business from The Rank Group Plc. Deluxe, with operations in Hollywood, Toronto, London, Barcelona and Rome, is the world's largest processor of 35mm film for the motion picture industry and the world's largest physical distributor of release and trailer prints for motion pictures.

New York, Dec. 15, 2005 - M & F Worldwide Corp. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Novar USA Inc., the parent company of the businesses operated by Clarke merican and related companies, including Checks in the Mail, B2Direct, and Alcott Routon. M & F Worldwide announced on October 31, 2005 that it had entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire Clarke American and its related businesses from Honeywell International Inc. Under the terms of the stock purchase agreement, M & F Worldwide has acquired all of the stock of Novar USA Inc. for $800 million in cash. The acquisition was funded with a combination of cash-on-hand and new borrowings which include a new Clarke American $480 million senior secured credit facility and $175 million principal amount of newly-issued Clarke American 11 3/4% senior notes due 2013. Clarke American senior executives have entered into multi-year employment agreements in connection with the acquisition.

New York, New York, October 10, 2003 - Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) and MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. announced today that MacAndrews & Forbes has agreed to acquire the entire interest in Scientific Games held by Cirmatica Gaming, S.A., a subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A. of Italy. The Cirmatica interest which MacAndrews & Forbes is acquiring is held in the form of Series A convertible preferred stock and Series B preferred stock and represents approximately 24% of the equity and voting power of Scientific Games on an asconverted basis. The aggregate purchase price for the preferred shares will be approximately $194 million.